Dampiera
(named in honour of Captain William Dampier, R.N., the celebrated circumnavigator, who paid great attention to natural history in all his voyages). ORD. Goodenovieae. Greenhouse suffruticose herbs or shrubs. Flowers axillary or terminal, sub-spicate or solitary; corolla bilabiate. They grow freely in a mixture of turfy loam, turfy peat, and sand. Cuttings strike readily, planted in the same kind of soil, with a hand glass placed over them. There are upwards of thirty species, all from Australia, very few of which are in cultivation in this country.
D. Brownii (Brown's). fl. blue; corollas densely clothed with black plumose hairs; peduncles solitary or clustered in the upper axils. July. l. petiolate, oval, nearly entire, flat, scabrous above. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1824. Plant suffruticose, erect, clothed with scurfy tomentum. SYN. D. ovalifolia. D. ovalifolia (oval-leaved). A synonym of D. Brownii.